I Am The Villainess With A Maxed-Out Luck Stat - Chapter 153



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153. The player was hit and the engagement was broken off.

‘Why do we have to meet at a time like this?’

Judging by the look on Ferwin’s face, he didn’t seem to have any intention of letting me go.

“His Highness the Crown Prince.”

Brecht greeted him, but he ignored his greeting and said:

“Sir Brecht, aren’t you my escort? Why are you accompanying the princess?”

“I apologize, Your Majesty. I have been instructed to accompany Your Majesty’s fiancée, the princess—”

“Is that also an order from Her Majesty the Empress?”

“… … .”

“I see. I see.”

Perwin sneered.

His cold gaze turned to me next.

“Princess. Have you come to visit a criminal?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Do you know that His Majesty the Emperor is in critical condition?”

“… … Yes, I heard about it.”

After the incident, I heard that the Emperor lost consciousness and collapsed.

Shiloh, who was by his side, was safe, but was said to have been in bed suffering from a great deal of mental shock.

Perwin snorted at my answer.

“Even though you knew it, you came here to check on the safety of the criminal before that of His Majesty? After all, the princess has always been particularly protective of criminals.”

The gaze that was glaring at me was piercingly cold.

He also seemed to have found out that Cayenne was disguised as the Duke’s servant.

“If the Duke had disguised the criminal and hidden him in the Duke’s house, then it’s impossible to say that the Princess is completely unrelated to this matter.”

“Your Majesty, I know that this may be a misunderstanding. Let me explain everything.”

“Misunderstanding? What kind of misunderstanding is this?”

He fired back without giving me a chance to protest.

“Is it a misunderstanding that you were conspiring with the Empress to hide His Majesty’s illegitimate child? Or is it a misunderstanding that you were conspiring with that man while you were engaged to me?”

“majesty.”

A sigh of frustration burst out from within.

I wanted to explain, but it seemed like there was an invisible wall standing in front of him.

Whatever I say will never sound nice to him.

“Roselia. I can’t trust you anymore.”

“… … .”

“Let’s call off our engagement now.”

“majesty!”

I came to my senses with a shocking remark.

Brecht, who was standing like a stone statue, also looked embarrassed.

But Perwin was calm to the point of being cold.

“A request for an engagement breakup will arrive at the Duke’s house soon. And then.”

Perwin gestured toward the door leading to the dungeons.

“The sinner will be sentenced to death. I will make it so.”

One corner of his mouth went up in a twisted manner.

“That is the least I can do as the direct descendant of His Majesty.”

Perwin, who had declared unilaterally, turned his back on me.

“Your Majesty! Your Majesty Perwin! Just a moment!”

I hurriedly chased after him, but his guards stopped me.

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty.”

“I think it would be best for us to leave now.”

“Just a moment!”

While I was stamping my feet, Perwin’s back gradually disappeared into the distance.

After that, I had to leave the palace as if I was being chased by the servants.

I asked to see Perwin before I left, but he refused to see me until the end.

As I was leaving the palace alone, a system window appeared before my eyes.

【SYSTEM: ‘#RegretfulMaleProtagonist’ will be added to the keywords of the male protagonist Perwin!】

【SYSTEM: Challenge Achieved! ‘Misunderstanding and Regret’】

[1 ‘Lucky Roulette Draw Ticket’ has been awarded.]

[☞Go spin the roulette right now☜]

* * *

I returned to the duke’s residence as if I was being pushed back, and decided to immediately tell Cayenne the news.

‘I expected it, but it’s still like this. Death penalty… … .’

The sudden announcement of the breakup was shocking, but the shock of the death sentence was greater, so the breakup took a backseat.

[Oh, it’s the death penalty?]

[I knew it.]

But even after hearing the shocking news, Cayenne remained calm as if she was talking about someone else.

‘… …Why is it so peaceful?’

[Is there any way?]

If Crown Prince Perwin decides to execute his brother, there is no way to stop him.

[I’m going to escape from prison if the master says it’s okay.]

[how is it?]

“… … .”

He talks about escaping from prison like he’s going out to the neighborhood bar…

[This is my first time being locked up in a palace prison, so I’m a little nervous.]

[But I have had similar experiences, so I think it will be okay.]

Seeing Cayenne talking as if it was nothing made me feel even more upset.

[Just wait a minute.]

I began to write a letter to the Empress.

I knew in my head that it wouldn’t work.

This is an incident where someone was caught red-handed trying to kill the emperor.

There were plenty of reasons and grounds to execute Cayenne.

This would be a golden opportunity for the Empress to get rid of the illegitimate child who was a thorn in her side.

My plea to buy Cayenne will fall on deaf ears.

‘But if by some chance the Empress takes my side… … .’

I know it’s ridiculous, but I had no other choice. I had no choice but to take a gamble on the slim possibility.

I delivered a letter containing my earnest request to the maids.

[I sent a letter to the Empress asking for pardon.]

But Cayenne responded calmly.

[Well? No matter how I look at it, it seems like jailbreaking would be quicker.]

“… … .”

Actually, I think so too.

I thought about helping him prepare for his escape, but I didn’t want to get caught up in the wrong situation and get arrested as an accomplice.

Then Cayenne sent messages one after another.

[By the way, Master.]

[Didn’t you say you were curious about what happened to that guy during the day?]

“huh?”

At the same time, a notification window popped up before my eyes.

[★There are ª¤Ä unconfirmed messages.]

[Why don’t you check it out for yourself?]

“This is… … .”

While I was desperately looking for the administrator, I also checked the message window without fail.

When did the message arrive?

I pressed ‘Check Message’ with a puzzled look on my face, and my vision started flashing white.

* * *

When Cayenne’s daytime personality opened its eyes, the surroundings were surrounded by white light.

He instinctively felt my heart.

Thump, thump, thump.

My heart was pounding wildly.

The shock of being stabbed in the chest by a sharp knife was still vivid.

I was even more scared because it was my own body, but I couldn’t move it as I wanted. I had to helplessly watch the death of my body with a half-asleep mind, as if I was under the influence of sleeping pills.

But there was not a single scratch left on his chest.

“… … .”

I thought I would inevitably regress after being stabbed to death, but this time I didn’t go back to the past either.

He sat up with a start.

My body felt as light as a feather. The air around me was just right and warm.

Intoxicated by that pleasant comfort, my sharp mind was disarmed.

“Hello? We meet here again?”

“?”

A cheerful voice was heard from somewhere. Cayenne looked around hurriedly.

“Oh my, you can’t see this with your own eyes.”

“!”

Then, the manager who had been wandering around in a spirit state appeared as a pink-haired boy.

“Voila! This is my cute avatar. You’ve seen it before, right? Well, Roselia seems to like your face better.”

The manager, who had been chattering excitedly, poked Cayenne in the cheek.

Cayenne still just stood there blankly.

“… … How did I get here?”

“huh?”

“He was definitely dead. He was stabbed to death.”

“Hey, you won’t die that easily.”

The manager waved his hand.

“How do I explain this?”

The manager, who had been struggling, opened his mouth.

“Do you know your fate? One way or another, you will die by the hands of your master.”

Cayenne nodded silently.

He was destined to be killed by another personality in the near future. It was a past experienced through repeated regressions and a predetermined future.

“It is a definite fate, and no matter how much you struggle, you cannot change it.”

“… … .”

“Besides, in this life, you made a fatal mistake and almost died before your allotted lifespan. If things had gone as planned, you would have died and regressed as soon as the hunting festival ended.”

The manager fiddled with the regression timer.

“But who is this body? It is none other than the Almighty! I have specially decided to appear in your body and take the punishment for your return!”

He paused the regression timer and possessed Cayenne’s body before the mission failure penalty was triggered.

And when the time was right, he thought he would take the penalty instead of Cayenne.

“But to start the regression timer again, you need a death event that matches it. You have to die first to regress, right? I’m looking for a place where I can die, but oh well! The villain shows up.”

“… … .”

“What’s important? It’s probability and timing. I thought I’d have you kidnapped while I was at it, and naturally connect it to the secret birth episode. Wow, my exquisite arrangement! Of course, you died the moment you were stabbed.”

“… … Am I dead?”

Cayenne, who had been listening blankly, spoke up for the first time.

Most of what the administrator said was censored and barely understandable, but the word “death” was clearly heard.

“Huh? Of course you died! You did die, but I showed my grace. Your soul died from the shock of the fatal wound, and Cayenne’s body was barely able to breathe. Originally, killing only a part of the soul like this required careful control―”

“… … .”

Cayenne didn’t even hear the manager muttering.

He died.

Is he really dead?

Cayenne looked down at her hands in vain.

“Hey, don’t make that face! It makes me look like I’ve committed a crime.”

The manager said he understood why Roselia was weak against you.

“I officially declared you dead, but you’re not really dead. See, I intercepted your soul like this?”

“Intercept?”

“Yes. If things were as they were, you would have regressed immediately after you died, but I came back before that.”

The manager winked one eye.

“What do you think? You have two choices. Go back to your original world and regress, or forget your current memories and be reincarnated in another world.”

“Reincarnation… … .”

Cayenne rolled the unfamiliar word around in his mouth.

“How is it, how is it, aren’t you attracted to it? Of course, this is also a shortcut, but since Roselia worries a lot about you, I’m helping you out especially.”

The manager gave subtle encouragement.

“I can return to my original world if the surveillance is relaxed, but for you, you will only die one way or another.”

“… … .”

“This time, instead of living off of someone else’s body, I’ll give you a decent body as a gift. What do you think?”

Cayenne swallowed dryly.

It was something I had wished for my entire life.

If only I could get out of this swamp-like regression.

but-

“Then I will never see my master again?”

“of course.”

“… … I want to go back.”

“Huh, huh?”

He had a place to return to.